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Ballantrae

Ballantrae is a town or village in Ayrshire and Arran, Scotland. There is one restaurants & cafés and one bus stop. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ballantrae area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Ayrshire area is around the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
South Ayrshire
County
Ayrshire and Arran
Constituency
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

10°COvercast

  • Today: 12° / 9° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:28Sunset 16:38

9h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · South Ayrshire Ayr High St, United Kingdom

Road safety

86 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 110 casualties · 7.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

11 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 9 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Barrhill (14.2 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£173,126 average▲ 5.8% YoY

Across South Ayrshire · to 2026-08

Detached£317,953
Semi-detached£203,199
Terraced£153,950
Flat£101,307

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

2 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Ballantrae (the Vennel) (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

112,280 residents in South Ayrshire

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 28%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in Scotland

10% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 18% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Your MP

Elaine Stewart

Labour

Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,390 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £26,436 avg

e.g. Cleaning Operative

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£870 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,714 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 73% · Wind 23% · Solar 4%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Ballantrae · 0.1 km

    Ballantrae is a community in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located at the mouth of the River Stinchar.

  • River Stinchar · 0.4 km

    The River Stinchar is a river in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It flows south west from the Galloway Forest Park to enter the Firth of Clyde at Ballantrae, about 20 kilometres south-southeast of Ailsa Craig.

  • Ballantrae Lifeboat Station · 0.4 km

    Ballantrae Lifeboat Station was located on the south-west coast of Scotland at Ballantrae, a village approximately 17 miles (27 km) north of Stranraer, in the county of South Ayrshire, historically Ayrshire.

  • Ballantrae Windmill · 0.9 km

    The Ballantrae Windmill, on Mill Hill was a late 17th or early 18th century vaulted tower windmill, the ruins of which are located above the old raised beach cliffs on the outskirts of the village of Ballantrae in Sou…

  • Glenapp Castle · 2.2 km

    Glenapp Castle, formerly the family seat of the Earl of Inchcape, is now a luxury hotel and restaurant located about 1+1⁄2 miles southeast of Ballantrae, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

  • Heronsford · 3.9 km

    Heronsford is a village located in South Ayrshire, South-West Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Ballantrae?
Ballantrae is a town in Ayrshire and Arran, Scotland, in the South Ayrshire local authority.
How deprived is Ballantrae?
The South Ayrshire local authority, which includes Ballantrae, is around the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.